Hardware configuration when FortiGates are connected to EMS

The following table shows the configurations with the following host hardware configuration:

• EMS and SQL Server run on the same Windows Server machine
• Up to 100 FortiGates connected to EMS
• Up to 20 Zero Trust tags configured

Number of managed endpoints	Number of virtual CPUs	Memory (RAM) (in GB)	Suggested keep alive (KA) interval
Up to 5 000	6	10	Default (60 seconds)
5 000 to 10 000	10	14
10 000 to 20 000	14	16	120 seconds
20 000 to 50 000	32	28

The following table shows the configurations with the following host hardware configuration:

• EMS and SQL Server run on different Windows Server machines
• Up to 100 FortiGates connected to EMS
• Up to 20 Zero Trust tags configured

Number of managed endpoints	EMS server machine		SQL server machine		Suggested KA interval
	Number of virtual CPUs	Memory (RAM) (in GB)	Number of virtual CPUs	Memory (RAM) (in GB)
10 000 to 20 000	8	6	14	16	120 seconds
20 000 to 50 000	12	8	26	26
50 000 to 75 000	14		30	32
75 000 to 150 000	18	10	48	56	180 seconds

The following table shows the configurations with the following host hardware configuration:

• EMS and SQL Server run on different Windows Server machines
• Up to 300 FortiGates connected to EMS
• Up to 20 Zero Trust tags configured

Number of managed endpoints	EMS server machine		SQL server machine		Suggested KA interval
	Number of virtual CPUs	Memory (RAM) (in GB)	Number of virtual CPUs	Memory (RAM) (in GB)
10 000 to 20 000	8	6	16	16	120 seconds
20 000 to 50 000	16	8	26	26